Snow clouds?
With Christmas only three days away and winter peer to he threatening the chance of a snowy holi
just around thebend, the skies above Haeford a/)- day season.
. . . Shelter Work To Begin
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shelter committee) suggested all
along that the shelter be con
structed by local labor," McGinnis
said.
"The new plan is, in a lot of
ways, very similar to the one the
committee came up with," Martin
said.
"There are some things that we
cut back on in the new plan," Mar
tin added.
"The cost is still a little more
than I wanted to see, but we have
cut every way we possibly could,"
Upchurch said during
Wednesday's meeting.
"I think we should get started
on this as quickly as possble," Up
church said, adding that the city
would have to approve the plan
first.
City Councilmen are expected to
discuss the animal shelter proposal
at their meeting January 9.
"If they agree, we should get
this thing moving," Upchurch
said.
Although Upchurch appeared
satisfied with the new animal
shelter plan, he said that "the com
mittee was still looking into the
equipment shed facility."
"We are still working on the
equipment shelter," Upchurch
said.
County board members had
already tentatively approved the
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he had aided with Hoke County
history.
The family lived in the Allendale
community and this family
graveyard is located there. We
hope to be able later to go through
the book and increase our
knowledge of Hoke County earlier
settlers.
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The class picture that was men
tioned in this column last week was
taken in 1917 not 1914. Mrs.
Crawford Wright who brought the
picture into the office, moved to
Hoke County in 1914. Sorry that I
got my dates mixed.
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Now about the small building
that some people say was the
Timberland Post Office. This is in
correct, according to Mrs. Craw
ford Wright who lived a few
hundred yards from the building.
She has also furnished other peo
ple who will verify her position on
..Around Town
this subject.
According to Mrs. Wright the
small building across the highway
was always kept locked. She said
that the children of that communi
ty were never allowed to see inside.
The building was owned by N.A.
McDonald and she states she
visited at the McDonald home
about every day. Lois McDonald
and Mrs. Wright were about the
same age.
The post office was localiftJQin
the rear of the store across the road
from the small building. The store
was a general merchandise store
and the post office was located
across the rear of the store. Mrs.
McDonald was the postmaster.
The post office also had a rural
mail carrier and his name was Tom
Cox.
According to Mrs. Wright, Paul
McDonald never was in the
Timberland Post Office as
postmaster. She also states that she
is the last member of the Tapp and
McDonald families that lived in
Timberland.
Photos Taken
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ficials and National Transporta
tion Safety Board (NTSB)
members received a written state
ment from the pilot.
"After we get that, I think the
investigation will be over," NTSB
chief Jay Golden said in June.
Wiggins would not comment on
why he thought the pictures of that
crash were the only things taken
from the rescue squad break-in.
"I just couldn't say for sure,"
Wiggins said.
"We are continuing an in
vestigation," Wiggins added.
An FAA spokesman in Atlanta
said Tuesday that at the time of the
crash Morgan claimed to be the
owner of the craft.
However, a spokesman for the
FAA ownership registration
bureau said the plane was listed in
the name of Jackie L. Morris of
Bisco.
Morgan could not be reached
for comment Tuesday.
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Christmas
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construction of a 2,400 square foot
metal storage building for the
county's landfill equipment. The
estimated cost of that project was
between $18,000 and $21,000.
"Nothing has definitely been
decided about the equipment
shed," Upchurch said.
"I think we need to put some
priority on this thing. We should
go ahead and begin work on the
dog pound as soon as possible,"
Upchurch added.
Construction cost of the animal
shelter and equipment shed,
figured at $45,000, will be divided
between both government bodies
with the county paying 75% and
the city paying 25^0.
Thanks, Mrs. Wright, for giving
us this information.
I can remember in 1935 when I
first starting working for the paper
that we delivered papers to
Lumber Bridge, Shannon, Red
Springs, Timberland and Mon
trose post offices. This was done to
get the papers out in time. The post
office at Timberland was in the
store, mentioned by Mrs. Wright,
at that time.
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Get your snacks ready and your
chair prepared for the many foot
ball bowl games that will be seen
between now and January 2nd. In
many earlier years only the Rose
Bowl was seen on New Year's.
Now you can't count the bowl
games on your fingers.
To all the readers of this column
a Merry Christmas.
Woman Jailed For Sheet Theft
A Raeford woman was arrested
last Thursday after walking out of
a Main Street store with over Sll
in merchandise, Raeford Police
Chief Leonard Wiggins said Mon
day.
Mildred Peterkin, 24, of
Raeford, was caught shortly after
she took "two bedsheets" from
Pope's Store last Thursday, Wig
gins said.
The merchandise was valued at
$11.98, according to the chief.
Peterkin was not jailed in the in
cident, and the merchandise was
returned to the store, Wiggins said.
Peterkin is scheduled to appear
in district court this week on the
charges.
In an unrelated incident, a nine
year-old Raeford youth was turned
over to the juvenile authorities last
week after taking four candy bars
from a local convenience food
store.
Wiggins said that this was the
"fourth" consecutive time the
youth had been picked up for
shoplifting.
The juvenile was caught ap
parently trying to take four candy
bars from the Convenient Mart on
Prospect Avenue. The candy was
valued at Si. 80, Wiggins said.
The youth has been turned over
to the juvenile authorities for fur
ther action and possible prosecu
tion in juvenile court, Wiggins
said.
In other city crime, Wiggins said
that while his officers were on
"routine patrol" last Thursday,
they noticed two windows broken
out of the Hoke Concrete Com
pany office.
"It appears to be simply van
dalism," Wiggins said, noting that
nothing was found missing on the
premises.
The destruction of the windows
was valued at $50, Wiggins said.
In further crime, two Hoke
County dwellings, broken into last
Wednesday, are apparently linked
to the same suspect, sheriff's
records show.
Over $700 in property was taken
from the two homes during the
break-ins.
Jimmy Lewis Cameron of Rt. 1,
Aberdeen and Reginald S. Bosher
of Rt. 1, Aberdeen reported
similar break-ins to sheriff's
deputies last week.
A S158 kerosene heater, S12 in
pennies and a S30 quartz watch
was taken from the Cameron
residence.
According to the report, some
one entered the Cameron home by
breaking three windows and enter
ing through them.
Reginald S. Bosher, also of Rt.
1, Aberdeen, reported to law en
forcement officiers that someone
had broken into his home and
removed over $100 in property.
Included in the stolen property
were seven jars of jelly, seven jars
of beets and a .22 automatic
Revelation.
An investigation into a possible
link between the two cases was be
ing investigated by sheriff's
deputies, reports show.
In other county crime, Gilbert
Worth of Rt. 1, Raeford reported
that someone had taken a $400
lawnmower and a $40 ther
mometer from his home after ap
parently forcing a door open and
entering, reports show.
A probe was continuing, records
indicate.
Sabotage
Investigated
(Continued from page 1A)
damage was not only costly but
"dangerous."
"There is a very real possibility
that the engine could have quit
while the aircraft was in the air if
sugar was placed in the tank," the
spokesman said.
In an apparently unrelated mat
ter, local and state officials are
continuing their probe into the
twin engine plane, loaded with an
$800,000 marijuana cargo, that
landed at the Raeford Airport
nearly a month ago.
"Our investigation is very
definitely continuing," a spokes
man for the Hoke Sheriff's
Department said Tuesday.
Although the case is still open,
law enforcement officials would
not comment on any possible leads
they might have.
County officers are also refusing
to comment on the possible owner
ship of the $100,000 Piper-Aztec
plane, but sources say the aircraft
is registered to a North Carolina
resident.
Aboard the plane, which touch
ed down at the Raeford Airport
November 26, were 982 pounds of
marijuana, compressed into 26
bales and estimated to be worth
$800,000.
Hoke County Sheriff Dave Barr
ington said in an earlier interview
that the plane had been spotted
before the November 26 seizure.
According to Barrington, the
plane had been spotted in the
Raeford area some three months
ago and was picked up again in the
Laurinburg area just three days
before it landed in Raeford.
"We are still digging," a
sheriff's detective said Tuesday.
Dump Site Check Delayed
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up at the Ashley Heights dump
sites.
"He has fulfilled all the obliga
tions that we have asked of him,"
Dover said.
"If our tests don't show
anything new, I think this will be
over," Dover said.
Three weeks ago, Wilson remov
ed some 900,000 pounds- of soil
from the dump sites afid
transported it to a hazardous waste
facility in Pinewood, South
Carolina.
Wilson also plowed lime into the
upper six inches of the soil as a
"preventive measure", according
to Dover.
"Once we are satisfied with how
everything looks, the North
Carolina Department of Natural
Resources and Community
. . . Pate Selected As
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The Rao ford attorney, along
with the other candidates, met last
week with Hunt in a final inter
\ iew .
The interview, along with Pate's
Hoke C ounty residency, apparent
ly weighed heavily in the Raeford
attorney's favor, observers say.
Pale received heavy support
Judge
from local political leaders, as well
as some Cumberland County of
ficials and attorneys.
Pate will serve until 1986.
Development (NRCD) will make
their final tests," Dover said in an
earlier interview.
Once those tests are completed
and state officials are "satisfied"
that the area is not contaminated,
the incident will "probably" be
over, Dover indicated.
"We will know by the middle of
January how everything looks,"
Dover said.
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